Plant Carum carvi (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Caraway; Carum; Kummel (Ger.); Comino (Sp.); Comino de prado (Sp.)

How this plant is used

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-CARVONE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CARVONE	2	Seed	9000.0	55760.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CARVONE	2	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CIS-CARVEOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-DIHYDROCARVEOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-TRANS-CARVEOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CARVONE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CIS-CARVEOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Essential Oil	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LIMONENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-TRANS-CARVEOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
1-P-MENTHENE-6-AN-OL	0	Seed	50.0	155.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Decongestant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Degranulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Dentifrice	1	Martindale's 29th
Deodorant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic	1	Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	3	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	11	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Edemagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	4	Martindale's 29th
Emmenagogue	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.